“Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.” Psalm 42:5
The medical advice I read nailed it… ‘fatigue, an unwell feeling, unfocused with stomach problems!’ All symptoms Katie and I were experiencing, but unable to do much about. Entering the world of Jet lag is very real, coming down to so called circadian rhythms, where sleep cycles gets pegged to a time zone. The more time zones crossed, the worse it gets. We had traveled 6!
It was the first time Katie and I had traveled to Europe. My sons had advised, “sleep on the plane on the way over, stay awake on the way home.” Having done that, I STILL couldn’t figure out what was wrong with Katie! Having not felt well for a long time myself, I attributed it to old age! But Katie is ALWAYS up and running and joyful. She wasn’t even laughing at my jokes! So I Googled it!
The good side of Jet Lag produced even more awake time when I would normally be sleeping. While gone, we were so busy we didn’t really set aside our normal time to spend with Jesus, like we do here on a daily basis. Consequently, with time on our hands, we both went to our respective corners, opened our Bibles and sat at His feet. There, our spirits were revived. Ahhhh… HOME!
My Relationship with Jesus is the same as with people. While I was almost 6000 miles from my family here, they were STILL my family. I had pictures of them on my phone, and occasionally was able to email them. But when we landed, and my son came to the airport to pick us up… THAT was REALITY. The small ache of ‘missing’ was replaced by vivid experience. I hugged him HARD!
Sadly, I have found that most people have not cultivated a ‘real’ experience of walking, talking and spending genuine time with the Lord of the Universe. And even though they suffer the same symptoms of ‘missing something,’ they haven’t quite discovered what the ‘Something’ really is! Many walk around disturbed and downcast, with little hope. Eternally ‘jet lagged!’ How sad!
I’m still dizzy, tired, and internally messed up physically. But not Spiritually. I KNOW who I believe in. And I KNOW that He is ALWAYS there and ready to sit and listen and talk to me. But it is up to ME to make the move to sit at His feet first! It is THERE that I find myself ALWAYS and HOME!
Are YOU disquieted, disturbed or downcast? Have YOU a REAL relationship with The Savior and do you spend time regularly with Him? Or do you spiritually fly away? He’s there and waiting!
